THE BORDERLANDS GROUP READINESS ASSESSMENT

HOW WE WORK

Validate. Fund. Scale.

Three phases, in that order. We do not chase money until the front asks for your product — that order of operations is the programme.

Why the order matters

Plenty of Western companies have burned money, time, and reputation in Ukraine by approaching it the wrong way. They arrive without the right units, the right introductions, or the right expectations — and the market finds them out.

The two most common mistakes are selling before validating, and assuming there is no money in Ukraine. The first destroys your standing with the units whose opinion decides everything downstream. The second means you leave before the money appears.

Reversing the order is not a philosophical position. A unit that has asked for your product is the single most powerful instrument in the funding conversation that follows. Without it, you are one more vendor with a deck.

WHAT WE HANDLE

  • Matching you to frontline units that test seriously in your product category
  • Test coordination and iteration support across multiple cycles
  • Access, movement, translation, and safety throughout
  • Ministry engagement and introductions, made the right way
  • Letters of intent and letters of request through national systems
  • Defence attachés, embassy programmes, and allied procurement channels

WHAT THE SEQUENCE PRODUCES

ALL SIX RESULTS →
$58MM
Client sales closed
$150MM+
Raised by clients
15+
Companies served
STRIKE SYSTEMS · LOR
$50MM

US-government-funded letter of request, with a €100MM+ German follow-on in development.

ACOUSTIC SENSORS · LORS
€74MM

Submitted letters of request for an acoustic sensor company, built on frontline demand.

AIR DEFENSE · CAPITAL
$100MM+

Raised by an air-defense interceptor company on the back of frontline letters of intent.

Clients are anonymised by category. Outcomes vary by product, performance, and demand. No specific outcome is guaranteed.

THE READINESS ASSESSMENT

Every engagement starts the same way

Three calls: a product and technical review with your engineering team, a team and readiness review against the Ten Rules, and a 60-minute decision call with Samuel Cook. You get a written readiness report and a clear decision. The fee is credited in full toward the engagement.

A fixed, credited fee. Scheduling begins within one business day.

THE BORDERLANDS GROUP, INC.
50.4501° N, 30.5234° E — KYIV · 38.9072° N, 77.0369° W — WASHINGTON
FOUNDED IN KYIV, 25 FEB 2022